DON’T try to praise Kasper Schmeichel for a making a brilliant save – he’ll just tell you to get back to your post and get on with your job.

Leicester’s goalkeeper is the most talked-about custodian in Europe. Penalty saves in each of those extraordinary Champions League games against Sevilla that saw his team through to the quarter-finals, and on Saturday two astonishing stops that earned Craig Shakespeare’s revitalised team their first away win of the season.

It has been a troubled campaign for the champions, but Schmeichel alone has maintained the form of last year, his brilliance keeping Leicester’s head above water and reviving memories of his legendary father Peter. He has also been the leader on the pitch the Foxes have needed.

Marc Albrighton admitted Leicester might have problems keeping hold of the 30-year-old this summer. Kasper has always somehow been in the shadow of his Manchester United hero father, but nowadays his brilliance is being recognised in its own right. Just don’t try telling him that.

“Kasper is rightly getting recognition now as one of the top keepers in Europe, and he deserves the plaudits – he’s been superb for us,” sadi Albrighton. “Teams will probably come sniffing, but not many could afford him.”

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Kasper Schmeichel was the hero again as Leicester beat West Ham

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Kasper Schmeichel's stunning display came just days after his Sevilla heroics

Two extraordinary stops in this game drew gasps. First the Dane clawed away Andy Carroll’s far-post header that had seemed in, and right at the end with the big Hammers centre-forward six yards out and certain to score, Schmeichel flung out an arm and achieved the seemingly impossible.

But Albrighton said: “If you give him a pat on the back, he’s likely to push you away and tell you to get on with it than stand there and take the plaudits. He’s the first to tell you it’s his job to make saves instead of lapping up the praise.

“Against Sevilla, he was the main factor in us winning the tie – and he’s won us this game. He pulled off two or three saves where I thought he had no chance.

“Kasper has been a brick wall in that goal. If he can continue to play like that it will be brilliant – although we can’t rely on him all the time.

“It’s fantastic to play in front of him. Defenders know that if they are breached, it’s like having an insurance policy.”

Schmeichel is Leicester’s vice-captain, and with his voice bellowing out from the back, he filled the role perfectly.

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Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez scored as West Ham were beaten at the London Stadium

Shakespeare said: “He is a natural successor to Wes Morgan. You will hear Kasper wherever you are.”

West Ham started this game about as woefully as could be. After only four minutes, Riyad Mahrez swung in a cross from the right and everyone missed it as the ball flew in at the far post. Three minutes later Albrighton chipped the ball in and Robert Huth nodded home.

They pulled one back when Manuel Lanzini curled in a lovely free-kick, but six minutes before half-time there was more chaos as a corner was not cleared and Jamie Vardy slammed home. It was back to the bad old days at the London Stadium, and the locals grumbled.

West Ham at last started to play after an hour, but then found Schmeichel in the way, pushing Lanzini’s free-kick around the post. Andre Ayew got another one back when he converted Carroll’s knock down, and Slaven Bilic’s team piled on the pressure.

But Ayew missed a sitter, and Schmeichel pulled off those two amazing saves. West Ham had suddenly lost three on the bounce, and a good January has faded into an uncertain spring.

Defender Jose Fonte said: “We have to get back to basics, defend as a team, as a whole, having the desire to help your friend and your team-mate. There’s no pointing fingers here. We haven’t switched off.”